Articles tagged with "greece"
Olympiacos out to salvage European season against Saint-Etienne
By Peter Katsiris | February 26th, 2009A mountainous chore lies ahead for Olympiacos, after their self-destructive performance at the Giorgos Karaiskakis Stadium last week allowed Saint-Etienne to cruise to a comfortable ...
Karagounis gives Panathinaikos tender advantage ahead of Athens replay
By Peter Katsiris | February 25th, 2009A scintillating strike by Giorgos Karagounis has allowed Panathinaikos to take an away goal back to the OAKA Spyros Louis Stadium on March 10th, as ...
Champions League: Villarreal vs. Panathinaikos [Live Blog]
By Peter Katsiris | February 25th, 2009With the final whistle, Panathinaikos has taken a substantial step into achieving its goal of reaching the next round. The final score from the El ...
Champions League Preview: Panathinaikos’ European inferno set to reignite
By Peter Katsiris | February 25th, 2009The UEFA Champions League returned to full swing on Tuesday night, but twenty-four hours later the road to Rome will resume for Panathinaikos who travel ...
Belluschi blow for Olympiacos
By Peter Katsiris | February 24th, 2009Following their second defeat of the Greek Super League schedule, and second in consecutive fashion, Olympiacos received another dose of bad news to start a ...
Koutsianikoulis strike upsets Olympiacos
By Peter Katsiris | February 23rd, 2009In the end it may be a blessing in disguise, but on Sunday night Ergotelis handed Olympiacos its second defeat of the Super League season ...
Olympiacos forced to shuffle priorities ahead of Pankritio trip
By Peter Katsiris | February 22nd, 2009A shocking 3-1 defeat at the hands of Saint-Etienne on Wednesday has imposed serious issues for Olympiacos and manager Ernesto Valverde ahead of the club's ...
Vyntra blow for Panathinaikos
By Peter Katsiris | February 21st, 2009Panathinaikos FC received a dose of bad news ahead of their introductory leg to the Round of 16 tie with Villarreal next week, as Loukas ...
EPO boss Pilavios makes FIFA visit
By Peter Katsiris | February 21st, 2009Newly elected president of the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO), Sophoklis Pilavios made his first visit to the FIFA Headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland to meet up ...
Kyrgiakos faces AEK layoff
By Peter Katsiris | February 21st, 2009AEK FC has been handed a huge blow with Greece international Sotiris Kyrgiakos going down to injury after his side's 2-1 defeat in the first ...
One year ban for Panthrakikos’ Roca
By Peter Katsiris | February 21st, 2009The Greek Super League's disciplinary board has sentenced Panthrakikos goalkeeper Jose Roca to a one-year ban, after the Spaniard reportedly failed a drug test in ...
‘Djole’ becomes Olympiacos’ top UEFA Cup scorer
By Peter Katsiris | February 21st, 2009It's merely consolation, but Predrag Djordjevic's penalty goal in Olympiacos' 3-1 defeat to Saint-Etienne on Wednesday made him the club's all-time leading scorer in European ...
Slim wins give Asteras and Xanthi aggregate leads
By Peter Katsiris | February 21st, 2009All eyes might have been on Piraeus on Wednesday night, but the Greek Cup continued its quarterfinal schedule as Asteras Tripolis and Skoda Xanthi claimed ...
Party Crashers: Saint-Etienne win snaps Olympiacos’ streak, threatens UEFA Cup progress
By Peter Katsiris | February 20th, 2009Alright, I know Chris already wrapped up Wednesday's horrific result, but this post here is all about me salvaging my little postgame tradition. I'll be ...
Allow myself to introduce... myself.
By Chris Pavlakos | February 19th, 2009It just occurred to me that I forgot to introduce myself in my first post. My name is Chris Pavlakos and I am an avid ...
Daily Dose: February 19th, 2009.
By chris | February 19th, 2009Stuff to read while you give a clinic on the side volley....... Paddy Power close betting on United winning the domestic treble. (The Spoiler) The story, and ...
UEFA Cup begins to thaw as Olympiacos aims to heat up Piraeus
By Peter Katsiris | February 18th, 2009The wait is finally over. The UEFA Cup finally returns to action on Wednesday, and Olympiacos fans are anticipating another climactic encounter as Saint-Etienne pays ...
Cretans don’t want the Greek National Team
By Peter Katsiris | February 17th, 2009It's a rebellious move by supporters of OFI Crete, but the islanders have begun to protest the Hellenic Football Federation's (EPO) choice to move Greece's ...
Popovic pops the ‘question’ on Facebook
By Peter Katsiris | February 17th, 2009It's not the typical question you might be thinking of, but Zdravko Popovic still had to ask, as OFI Crete's Croatian striker turned to the ...
Payback in Piraeus: Olympiacos beats up on Aris
By Peter Katsiris | February 17th, 2009They might've lost to Aris the first time around, but Olympiacos managed to edge their Thessaloniki visitors on Saturday night in Piraeus. Predrag Djordjevic and ...
Hooligans Beware: Greek Police ‘howling’ a new tune
By Peter Katsiris | February 14th, 2009Hooliganism in Greece isn't as bad as in Greece as it used to be. Maybe it's because of the standards the Greek Super League set, ...
Olympiacos out for revenge at home against Aris
By Peter Katsiris | February 14th, 2009Olympiacos is enjoying another dominant season in the Greek Super League; however, on Saturday evening the ‘Erythrolefki' will be aiming to level the season score ...
Is Valverde trying to send Derbyshire a message?
By Peter Katsiris | February 13th, 2009Ernesto Valverde is one tough guy. He's known for his tough love. Olympiacos fans, and most players, know you better not impose your thoughts about ...
Vyntra voted MVP, Papasterianos acrobatics elected best goal
By Peter Katsiris | February 12th, 2009A two-goal performance for Panathinaikos' Loukas Vyntra has earned the fullback of the weekly honour of being named OPAP MVP for the Super League 21st ...
Olympiacos triumph in Komotini dedicated in memory of ‘Gate 7’ disaster
By Peter Katsiris | February 9th, 2009While there were cheers from Olympiacos supporters on Saturday night, Olympiacos fans recalled a tragic moment in the club's history less than twenty four hours ...
Argentine attack spearheads comfortable win for Olympiacos
By Peter Katsiris | February 8th, 2009Fernando Belluschi converted on his own rebound, while Luciano Galletti added to his league leading scoring tally to round out a 2-0 win for Olympiacos ...
A time to Rebound for Olympiacos
By Peter Katsiris | February 7th, 2009Olympiacos manager Ernesto Valverde will aim to steer his side into Komotini, and hopefully the win column as the Greek Champions travel to Thrace to ...
Olympiacos sweeps weekly Super League awards
By Peter Katsiris | February 7th, 2009Olympiacos swept this week's edition of Super League awards with two members of the ‘Erythrolefki' sweeping the weekly vote featuring the league's best goal and ...
Germany’s Schalke shooting for Blanco
By Peter Katsiris | February 6th, 2009The leading scorer in the Greek Super League last year has made plenty of waves since joining AEK Athens, and according to reports from Greece, ...
PAOK seize aggregate advantage on Olympiacos
By Peter Katsiris | February 6th, 2009PAOK took the first step towards a berth in the semi-finals of the Greek Cup with a slim, yet convincing, 1-0 win over rivals and ...
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